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Both the Strattera and the Lexapro can be used as anti-depressants and both can cause sedation. The treatment, if it is going to work for ADHD or depression should work within 3 weeks. I would ask your psychiatrist if you can be tried on a different medicine regimen as this one is not only not helping you, it is making you feel worse. Tess Messer, MPH, PA-C Http://primarilyinattentiveadd.

I am suffering so bad with concentration and focus its affecting my work BAD... Is it safe to take lexapro and strattera? and is it safe to take lexapro and ginko biloba untill i get insurance to get strattera ...God i feel like a mess. Cant read a sentence without forgetting what i just read. My mind is racing constantly. any info would help...

Wanted to pursue a pilots lisence, so to appease the FAA, I started taking lexapro which they approve. Tried it for a month and it didn't work. So back to strattera, but now after stopping the lexapro 10 mg 6 days ago, I have nightmares, insomnia and depression. However in back on strattera which worked before. Here's what I don't understand. Why atomoxetine, an ADHD med at 120 mg for GAD which my doctor said should also help depression. He said it was similar to effexor.

Hi, I have been taking 10mg of Lexapro for a year and a half and recently decided to taper off due to fatigue and weight gain. I have mentioned cutting back to my doctor, but she seems adamant that I stay on the meds indefinitely. I do not agree with this because I am concerned about the long term effects, which are largely unknown. I am going to discontinue treatment with her due to changes in my insurance policy, so I decided to try to cut back on my own.

I am taking bupropion, Strattera (amoxetine HCl), Lexapro (escitalopram), Naltrexone, hydroxyzine HCl, and fluticasone propionate (flonase nasal spray). Thank you!

I am now taking Strattera, and it is working. Strattera is prescribed for ADHD (non-stimulant)and is a form of antidepressant. Strattera or another antidepressant might help. Recurring thoughts might seem like nothing to someone who has never had them, but they are maddening.

He said he can tell i do not have ADD, but he diagnosed me with GAD(generalized anxiety Disorder. he prescribed me lexapro and so far i feel great. i feel as if my brain is not in a cloudy state. i do feel headachy some times but it seems like i am nnot as jumpy as before and people have taken notice. i am not saying this is what it is, but it does seem to be helping dramatically. Maybe some of you should go the anxiety route to see if you have GAD. could this be the case?

back into any medications, and your assumption that I might have ADD but that it didn't really effect my life all that much is probably a good one, and good that I didn't start on Strattera. I have a good therapist, and we have been diving into some serious childhood issues about my parents, their divorce, and all of my feelings of worthlessness, abandonment etc. I have been off of the Zoloft for 13 weeks and all of the withdrawls have gone away like you said.

My fiance has ADD, and his psych put him on Strattera for it, then added Adderall. He has a history of mild depression, but he's always been able to deal with it before. After starting the Strattera, he started to get more depressed, and his personality began to change. He became moody, irritable, irresponsible, short-tempered.. When he told the pysch he was feeling depressed, she raised the dose of Strattera.

I did, however, add strattera to the mix which may have caused problems ( Strattera and Prozac are chemical cousins and sometimes don't play well together) I added the strattera under my pdocs supervision. I had to stop taking the strattera because it gave me the hot flashes.I stopped Strattera in Feb of 07. In November of 2008, I tapered off Prozac. I was ok for about 9 months. Then, in August of 09, I started having anxiety issues.. Not really mental anxiety, but physical anxiety..

//www.crazymeds.us/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Meds/Lexapro Hopefully, after awhile, the strattera or the adderall will also help with your anxiety and you can get off the Lexapro. In the meantime, find out all you can about ADHD or ADD. The more you know about those conditions, the more you will understand about what is affecting you and the better you can deal with it. Two sites aimed at the adult ADD sufferer that you might want to check out are totallyadd.com and http://jeffsaddmind.

As a child I was on several different meds for short times (ritalin, adderall, concerta, welbutrin, strattera), at this point I don't remember which worked the best for me, I do remember that side effects were an issue with a couple of them. Do the meds that worked when young, work as well as an adult? Is it better to start an adult off on something like strattera since it isn't a stimulant or a controlled substance? Is it wise to even go back to taking meds...

I also have ADD and the combination is a killer. I am on Lexapro and Strattera. I am trying to find a forum that deals with older adults since I am in my fifties, and any new research that can help bring more quality and happiness to my life. Thanks so mucb!

My boyfriend Ryan was diagnosed with severe depression, ADD, and social anxiety almost 2 years ago. Since then he's been on wellbutrin, strattera, lexapro, prozac, buspar, & ritalin with no change. He took the depression meds for at least 2 months at a time before changing. For about 9 month's he's been on zoloft (least side effects for him) & now nortriptilene to help intensify the effect. He's been taking the Nortrip since May and there's no change.

I cannot tell you how many tests I have had... I am currently on Lexapro, Strattera and Vyvanse for ADHD/Anxiety. How do I get past this??

I was diagnosed w/ depression, anxiety and ADD. My psychiartist place me on effexor and strattera which both worked marvelously for all symptoms. I was on this combination for about 1 1/2 years. The problem with the effexor though, is that if I did not take the medication right on time, I became quite dizzy. I wanted to be taken off of it. My doctor switched me to Lexapro (for depression and anxiety) one month ago.

intrusive thoughts are really my only problem right now. im on lexapro 10mg and just about to start taking topamax. im nervous cuz i read it causes hair loss. keep the suggestions coming.

etc I have been taking antidepressants for 6 years or so for panic attacks. I recently switched to Lexapro from Prozac; however, I started experiencing this twitching prior to the switch. It seems to worsen when I feel "high strung." Almost like electricity going through my body at times. A unique symptom occurred last week when I was typing on the computer keyboard and my left hand was tapping on the keyboard by itself (this symptom hasn't occured since).

I see a pdoc every month and have taken 200 mg Provigil, 18 mg Strattera and 20 mg Lexapro for 5 years or so. I also have Ehlers Danlos Disease (type 3 likely, but because my dad and his mother both had brain aneyrisms, I worry I may have the Vascular Type... And right now, I've been awake for about 30 hours (which I know doesn't help my mood or BP much). Can anyone explain MAP to me?

She has been on Lexapro for quite some time for depression. Her husband called me Friday evening after all the events transpired as he was concerned about my friends actions & behavior toward her loved ones. Her husband told me that she was prescribed Adderall for an obsessive picking disorder she has. He said it got so bad a couple months ago that she had sores all over her body.

My question is do I stay on Lexapro and hope for the best or do I wean myself from the Lexapro and go back to Prozac because I know how well it works? With every increase in Lexapro my OCD gets worse for a couple weeks. Please help me. It is much appreciated!!!!

I have been diagnosed with add and ocd, but it's just what my psych. thinks I have. I need to actually get tested. Im on 120mg of strattera, 20mg of lexapro and 70mg of ritalin a day. The only drug that helps is ritalin, but thats just because it keeps me awake in class and when I'm doing my HW, but I still can't concentrate at all or make any decisions. I agree with you though, the add and ocd can explain all my problems, but the thyroid could too.

I have a question about Bipolar Meds. Currently I am taking Welbutrin XL 150 mg a day, Lexapro 10 mg a day, Seroquel 50-100 mg a night when I need it, and also Klonopin 1/2 mg in the day and 1 mg at night. Is there anyone that also takes Adderall, Ritalin, Concerta, Strattera or those class of drugs (Amphetamines) along with their Bipolar Meds to help with Motivation? I feel as if my Bipolar Symptoms are pretty much under control but I have no motivation to do anything at all hardly.

I had a very rare side effect of blurred vision as well with it which is why I eventually went off of it. Have you tried Strattera for the ADHD because, unfortunately, most other medications that help the symptoms of ADHD are stimulants and will exaserbate the symptoms of BP.Good luck with your quest. I'm still trying to get the balance right myself.

Lexapro, Zoloft, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Cymbalta, EMSAM, Savella, Strattera, Abilify, Prozac, Pristiq, Provigil, Neurontin I'm now on: Vyvanse, Buspar, Aplenzin. I've also suffered from sinus problems during all of this. I've had sinus surgery but I still wake up congested, and have a loss of smell.

I initially had made my appt because I was making a switch from 1 gp to another because I have had this long work up for mood disorder/ADHD couldnt tell which one and I wasnt getting better on meds like strattera effexor lexapro etc.(doubtful thatr I have a mood disorder or adhd, did very well in school) and the first doctor didnt lay hands on me or draw labs. Then this lump prompted me to switch. I guess it just helps to dump all y concerns on here.

• SSRIS- Lexapro, Celexa, Zoloft, Viibryd, Paxil, Prozac- all with no effect at all except made me more suicidal.

And I took another lunesta today at work and I had barely any anxiety or depression because my head was clear and I was able to act normal(non fidgety, saying stupid stuff). I also started taking wellbutrin along with lexapro and noticed wellbutrin works better than lexapro for me. Which is another sign that I could have ADHD. Does anyone in the medical field know if I possibly have ADHD? THANKS!

Hi Folks, I've been on Lexapro for years and like it the best of all of the AD's I've tried. The effect is very subtle but enough to take the edge off my chronic issues with anxiety/depression/lack of focus. Jim--you are not the first person I know who had trouble with Wellbutrin. I've had lots of clients who didn't like the 'feelings' it gave them and I have one friend that took it as a 'stop smoking' aid and ended up doing a short-term crisis hospitalization due to the side effects.

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